Effect of onychomycosis on quality of life

Drake, Lynn A.; Scher, Richard K.; Smith, Edgar B.; Faich, Gerald A.; Smith, Shondra L.; Hong, Joseph; Stiller, Matthew J.

doi:10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70199-9

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“…Interestingly, 56.1% of the subject would be willing to pay for a cure while 71% of participants were still willing to pay for a cure even if the treatment would be costly showing that cost was not a factor from preventing them seeking medical help. These finding were found to be statistically significant and goes in line with other studies [9]. Negligence however is not uncommon as 68.4% of diabetic patients having nail infection did not treat their nails while 29.1% never went to the podiatrist at all [23].…”

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“…Nail infection like onychomycosis is responsible for almost half of all nail disorders and one third of cutaneous fungal infections [5,7]. Research data in the United States have showed a prevalence of 18.5% [8], with the number of persons affected taking an upward trend [9]. Nail infections affect 32% of people between ages 60 and 70 and other studies conducted reported that 48% of the population may be affected by age 70 [10].…”

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A survey of nail infection and awareness among non-diabetic patients in Mauritius

Oomar¹,

Jeewon²

2013

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Introduction: Nail infection like onychomycosis is mainly caused by dermatophytes and account for almost half of all nail disorders. Prevalence of nail infection has been attributed to several factors such as age, gender, socioeconomic status and predisposition to diabetes amongst others. This study aims at determining the prevalence and level of awareness of non-diabetics towards nail infections in Mauritius. Material and Methods: A survey was carried out among 471 participants of the non-diabetic population of Mauritius. Data on socio demographic factors, awareness, level of hygiene, family history and quality of life were obtained via questionnaire based studies. Data was analysed using the SPSS software. Results: Results show almost the same ratio of female to male was affected with nail infection but varies gender wise. Participants within the age group 20-60 with less than US 500 monthly income had a higher incidence of nail infection. No significant relation was obtained between nail infection and education level. A significant relationship was obtained between nail infection and occupation as well as quality of life. More than half of participants did not know about the routes of nail infections or the precautions needed to avoid spreading. However, good level of hygiene was observed among the participants. Conclusion: Factors like age, gender and socio economic status had a significant relationship on nail infection. Nail infection affects the Quality of Life (QoL) and manual workers or even professionals are prone to nail infections.

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Section: Level Of Awareness Of Participants Towards Nail Infectionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A survey of nail infection and awareness among non-diabetic patients in Mauritius

Oomar¹,

Jeewon²

2013

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“…It is clear that the nails are important for performing fine manipulation and haptic tasks (Ashbell et al, 1967;Russell and Casas 1989;Drake et al, 1998;Salazard et al, 2004). For example, a finger without a nail will compromise a musician's career if the finger involved is necessary to play a note (strings, keyboards) or hold a position (winds) (Dumontier, 2003).…”

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Slowly Adapting Mechanoreceptors in the Borders of the Human Fingernail Encode Fingertip Forces

Birznieks¹,

Macefield²,

Westling³

et al. 2009

J. Neurosci.

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There are clusters of slowly adapting (SA) mechanoreceptors in the skin folds bordering the nail. These "SA-IInail" afferents, which constitute nearly one fifth of the tactile afferents innervating the fingertip, possess the general discharge characteristics of slowly adapting type II (SA-II) tactile afferents located elsewhere in the glabrous skin of the human hand. Little is known about the signals in the SA-IInail afferents when the fingertips interact with objects. Here we show that SA-IInail afferents reliably respond to fingertip forces comparable to those arising in everyday manipulations. Using a flat stimulus surface, we applied forces to the finger pad while recording impulse activity in 17 SA-IInail afferents. Ramp-and-hold forces (amplitude 4 N, rate 10 N/s) were applied normal to the skin, and at 10, 20, or 30°f rom the normal in eight radial directions with reference to the primary site of contact (25 force directions in total). All afferents responded to the force stimuli, and the responsiveness of all but one afferents was broadly tuned to a preferred direction of force. The preferred directions among afferents were distributed all around the angular space, suggesting that the population of SA-IInail afferents could encode force direction. We conclude that signals in the population of SA-IInail afferents terminating in the nail walls contain vectorial information about fingertip forces. The particular tactile features of contacted surfaces would less influence force-related signals in SA-IInail afferents than force-related signals present in afferents terminating in the volar skin areas that directly contact objects.

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“…It affects from 2% to 13% of adults and children. [1][2][3] Although the prevalence of onychomycosis in the managed care setting is not known, the advent of dynamic new oral therapies has brought new attention to onychomycosis. The treatment options for onychomycosis vary widely, as do the costs incurred with these different treatments.…”

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High Frequency of Itraconazole Prescriptions with Potentially Interacting Medications in a Large Health Care Plan

Heaton¹

2002

JMCP

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Effect of onychomycosis on quality of life

Cited by 121 publications

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A survey of nail infection and awareness among non-diabetic patients in Mauritius

A survey of nail infection and awareness among non-diabetic patients in Mauritius

Slowly Adapting Mechanoreceptors in the Borders of the Human Fingernail Encode Fingertip Forces

High Frequency of Itraconazole Prescriptions with Potentially Interacting Medications in a Large Health Care Plan

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